PT50, S2, Q22 Economist: Real wages in this country will

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22. (D)
Question type: Assumption
There is a change in subject matter between the evidence and the conclusion _ whereas the conclusion involves increases in productivity, the premises are about increases in investment for new technology. The author assumes there is a link between the two, but doesn’t provide evidence that this is indeed the case.

(D) addresses this gap, and is therefore the correct answer.

(A) does not need to be assumed for the argument to be sound.
(B) does not close the gap that is in the original argument.
(C) is out of scope.
(E) is the opposite of the assumption that is needed.